How to Use inconsequential in a Sentence
inconsequential
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The more inconsequential the mood at the start, the more dead bodies at the end.
— New York Times, 7 July 2021 -
The Celtics’ first move of the day was their most inconsequential.
— Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2022 -
But there is the not-inconsequential matter of the other side of the ball.
— Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2020 -
The Bucs were blown out 38-3 by the Saints, and Brown caught just three inconsequential passes.
— Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 9 Nov. 2020 -
In the grand scheme of things, an inconsequential stretch.
— Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022 -
Five of those attempts were rather inconsequential, coming with the game in hand and the Aztecs well on the opponent’s side of the field.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2021 -
Whatever rain fell from the clouds was largely inconsequential around the city and to the west.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024 -
At times, she’s been made to feel that her work is inconsequential.
— New York Times, 28 Aug. 2021 -
As for the Raiders (6-10), their season ends this weekend, but that doesn’t mean the game is inconsequential for them.
— Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 7 Jan. 2023 -
Our presence seems as inconsequential as the death of a fruit fly.
— Barry Lopez, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019 -
At the same time, identify the inconsequential things that fall outside of the make-or-breaks and stop doing them.
— Ed Rusch, Forbes, 24 May 2021 -
For some, the takeaway from these new glimpses into deep space might be that Earth is small and inconsequential.
— Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022 -
Many may seem inconsequential, but small changes add up and can have a big effect.
— Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021 -
But that doesn’t mean a case at a child care center is inconsequential.
— Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2020 -
The Hawk defense was far from perfect with two errors in the game, but the mistakes were inconsequential.
— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024 -
On top of the canyon’s southeastern ridge sat the tiny town of Paradise, an inconsequential detail for most of my life.
— Tessa Love, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2019 -
But Chu felt the song didn’t feel earned so early in the film and in such a relatively inconsequential scene.
— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 June 2021 -
But a promotion to the major league club seemed inconsequential at the time.
— New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022 -
Things that might have felt inconsequential not long ago mean a great deal today.
— Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021 -
The full-length version of this phone call feels a little inconsequential now.
— Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 24 Mar. 2020 -
The sweet, inconsequential Missing Link is the only one that’s not a sequel or a remake, but that might not help it much here.
— Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2020 -
The New York primaries were halted and suddenly felt inconsequential in the face of the human tragedy that engulfed the city.
— Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 16 Sep. 2020 -
Most of the movies he was assigned to review ranged from inconsequential to dismal.
— Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022 -
And this is perhaps the game’s greatest stumble, in that the first act can sometimes feel inconsequential.
— Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2019 -
That inconsequential exchange taught me that having something to make the best of can be better than having the best.
— Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2021 -
For many games, this would be an inconsequential way to set fans' expectations of what's to come.
— Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 June 2020 -
But those inconsequential rabbit holes are part of what's fun about a high school story.
— Devan Coggan, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023 -
The film takes place almost exclusively in the same suite of rooms, like a stage farce, and the brief run time makes this a pleasant if inconsequential trifle.
— Danny Horn, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2024 -
This is going to be something of an inconsequential quarter given that there was only a couple of weeks' worth of iPhone 16 sales.
— Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024 -
The player has so many options that the possibilities are dizzying at first and then inconsequential as the easiest solutions win out.
— Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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